Jacob's Ford

#256 among destinations in Israel

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Chastellet - Templar Castle in Galilee, at the beard of Jakub, located on the Jordan River about 12 kilometers north of the Tiberia Lake. It was built in 1178 to guard the crossing of Jordan. In June 1179, the castle replied the siege of Saladin, but the defenders were helpless in the face of the re -attack in August and the castle fell into the hands of the Saracens.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 33°0'17"N, 35°37'40"E

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Jacob's Ford – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tel Hazor, Golan Archaeological Museum, Katzrin ancient village and synagogue, Dubrovin Farm.

3.6 miW
Archeological site of an ancient city
Tel Hazor, Kursi, Sea of Galilee
91 min walk • Tel Hazor, also Chatsôr, translated in LXX as Hasōr, identified at Tell Waqqas / Tell Qedah el-Gul, is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient Hazor, located in Israel, Upper Galilee, north of the Sea of Galilee, in the northern Korazim Plateau.
3.6 miE
Museum
Golan Archaeological Museum, Qatzrin
91 min walk • The Golan Archaeological Museum is a museum of the archaeological finds of the Golan Heights, located in Katzrin. The museum features artifacts from all historical periods.
3.8 miE
Museum, Synagogue
Katzrin ancient village and synagogue, Qatzrin
96 min walk • The Katzrin ancient village and synagogue is an open-air museum located in the Golan Heights on the outskirts of the Israeli settlement of Katzrin.
4.3 miNW
Museum, History museum
Dubrovin Farm
110 min walk • Dubrovin Farm was one of the first farms in the Hulah Valley. It was established by Andrey Dubrovin who moved to Ottoman Palestine with his family in 1903.
4.4 miSE
Town, Archaeological site
Golan, Gamla Nature Reserve
112 min walk • Golan is the name of a biblical town later known from the works of Josephus and Eusebius. Archaeologists localize the biblical city of Golan at Sahm el-Jaulān, a Syrian village east of Wadi ar-Ruqqad in the Daraa Governorate, where early Byzantine ruins were found.
5.5 miSW
Town
Rosh Pinna
141 min walk • Rosh Pina or Rosh Pinna is a town and local council in the Korazim Plateau in the Upper Galilee on the eastern slopes of Mount Kna'an in the Northern District of Israel. It was established as Gei Oni in 1878 by local Jews from Safed but was abandoned.
4.1 miN
Locality
Yesud HaMa'ala
105 min walk • Yesud HaMa'ala is a moshava and local council in northern Israel. The moshava was the first modern Jewish community in the Hula Valley. Built in 1883, the community was among a series of agricultural settlements founded during the First Aliyah. In 2019 it had a population of 1,730.
4.5 miW
Town
Hatzor HaGlilit
115 min walk • Hatzor HaGlilit is a town in the Korazim Plateau in northern Israel near Rosh Pinna and Safed. It is named for the nearby biblical site of Tel Hazor. In 2019 it had a population of 9,272.
3.9 miW
Locality
Mahanayim
99 min walk • Mahanayim is a kibbutz in northern Israel. Located in the Korazim Plateau, around three kilometres northeast of Rosh Pinna, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2019 it had a population of 818.